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jack lew claim to fame to create a surplus bet americans are up in arms? >> nobody has a better resonate and jack lew who was an aide to tip o'neill during the reform of social security. republicans are really just playing partisan. lori: over the last three years ago with budget director u.s. has run deficits over $8 trillion per year in that rate is of contention with criticism. >> a lot of that's is more partisan fear than reality. one interview that he did when the president proposes budget that spending on government programs would balance with the revenues to equalize. their rubies smaller running deficits but that was the course scope and size issue. they said it is semantics but that is not the case. lori: do they not like him because he is a tough negotiator? >> that is part of it. >> except john kerry every nomination is criticized even in hagel is not good enough. so the backdrop of the obama was working in with a first term and dynamics were different but that was a solid choice and we could have huge ffghts ahead of us. >> with the cuts coming
jack lew claim to fame to create a surplus bet americans are up in arms? >> nobody has a better resonate and jack lew who was an aide to tip o'neill during the reform of social security. republicans are really just playing partisan. lori: over the last three years ago with budget director u.s. has run deficits over $8 trillion per year in that rate is of contention with criticism. >> a lot of that's is more partisan fear than reality. one interview that he did when the president...
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who is jack lew? an inside look at the man poised to take over as treasury secretary. ♪ . ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen anjeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they' gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get married, they'll find some retirement people who are paid on salary, not commission. they'll get straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. lori: here's your fox business brief. snapping a two-day losing streak stocks continue their upward trend as fourth quarter earnings season gets off to a strong start with alcoa last night. right now the dow is up 61 points. >>> billionaire leon black apparently sweet on hostess. "new york post" says the head of private equity firm apollo global management teaming up
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i'm not saying that jack lew doesn't deserve to be the secretary. but he's just not a lincolnesque choice. a president who dared to break the mold. >> is asking the world that they are up to the task? let's ask john layfield and chris stirewalt and myra weinstein. it did hearken back to a time when lincoln was very comfortable with the cabinet. what happened to those days? >> one of the things that has happened is we don't do much with cabinets anymore. they are there for photo ops. outside, there are a couple of key spots in defense justice. the president isn't engaged and he was back and forth for pictures. the other part is that for the president we have gotten to know him a lot better he is not here to do a deal with republicans. we have no deals come or not changing entitlements, and taxes are still on the table. neil: it's a safe choice for the president. he continues the philosophy of the president. maybe they want someone with a little bit more direct business experience, but it's not going to happen. >> no, it won't happen. you are dealing
i'm not saying that jack lew doesn't deserve to be the secretary. but he's just not a lincolnesque choice. a president who dared to break the mold. >> is asking the world that they are up to the task? let's ask john layfield and chris stirewalt and myra weinstein. it did hearken back to a time when lincoln was very comfortable with the cabinet. what happened to those days? >> one of the things that has happened is we don't do much with cabinets anymore. they are there for photo ops....
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jack lew is not that man. the original messages that we're now getting from a number of republican senators who will have to consider this nomination, many are saying that they will go through the vetting process. see what jack lew has to say from confirmation hearings as the information comes out. they want a plan to address spending. many are skeptical they're getting it from the treasury nominee or from the administration. back to you. tracy: rich edson, thanks for all that. ashley: jack lew then must face the senate before he takes the helm at treasury department. with the top republican on budget committee already speaking out against lew are we in for a bumpy confirmation process on capitol hill? joining us bob cusack, managing editor of "the hill." it could be interesting, bob. we mentioned senator jeff sessions, top ranking republican on the senate budget committee and he said, quote, in a statement that is now at, out, jack lew must never be treasury secretary. he has critics but do you think he will
jack lew is not that man. the original messages that we're now getting from a number of republican senators who will have to consider this nomination, many are saying that they will go through the vetting process. see what jack lew has to say from confirmation hearings as the information comes out. they want a plan to address spending. many are skeptical they're getting it from the treasury nominee or from the administration. back to you. tracy: rich edson, thanks for all that. ashley: jack lew...
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jack lew is an inside man. as long as the world doesn't implode, americans much less the world will pay little attention to who heads the u.s. treasury. what do you think? >> what do i think? it's really very simple. simple once again. it's not as easy as it's now a domestic issue with the budget battle. if only it were. this is all about who the man is and what does he bring to the table. if we look back at treasury secretaries, paul o'neill and john snow, they were major men in their own industries. but they didn't -- >> nobody remembers. >> nobody remembers them and they were not huge successes. lloyd benson even. look at what he was. a great man in his field. but did not bring much to the table. now you look at paulson, geithner, summers, ruben, morgan, you don't remember him any more than i do, but the fact is they were the men who actually were able to make the treasury work. now, there's no doubt jack lew comes with the authority of the president and the white house. but he has to go further than that. h
jack lew is an inside man. as long as the world doesn't implode, americans much less the world will pay little attention to who heads the u.s. treasury. what do you think? >> what do i think? it's really very simple. simple once again. it's not as easy as it's now a domestic issue with the budget battle. if only it were. this is all about who the man is and what does he bring to the table. if we look back at treasury secretaries, paul o'neill and john snow, they were major men in their...
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so who is jack lew and what would he do at the treasury department? that is next. >>> plus, the breaking news of aig's decision not to sue the government over its bailout. ali velshi has a lot to say. he's back and he's next. pack your bags, we'll leave tonight. uhh, it's next month, actually... eddie continues singing: to tickets to... paradiiiiiise! no four. remember? whoooa whooaa whooo! you know ronny, folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how happy are they jimmy? happier than eddie money running a travel agency. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >>> things are looking up for the u.s. economy. let's hope our politicians don't bring it down. from the cnn money newsroom, in new york, i'm ali velshi. this is your money. walmart reverses itself on gun violence meeting. do you know who jack lew is? you will soon. more nightmares on the dreamliner. and america is on track to prosper if we just let it. but, first, that walmart story. the change of heart. vice president jo
so who is jack lew and what would he do at the treasury department? that is next. >>> plus, the breaking news of aig's decision not to sue the government over its bailout. ali velshi has a lot to say. he's back and he's next. pack your bags, we'll leave tonight. uhh, it's next month, actually... eddie continues singing: to tickets to... paradiiiiiise! no four. remember? whoooa whooaa whooo! you know ronny, folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how...
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jack lew officially nominated as treasury chief. lew is known for his role in the being acrimonious talks in 2011. what could it mean this time. >> tiffany disappoints again with weaker holiday sales. there was weakness in the americas, strength in asia. so how much of a read through to the rest of retail is this earnings report? >>> nokia shares soaring this morning after a bullish outlook for the first quarter. >>> and herbal life's big day to defend itself against bill ackman's damning allegations. we'll have the latest and the ceo join us later in the show. >>> well, today president obama is set to nominate white house chief of staff jack lew as his next treasury secretary. succeeding tim geithner. lew has been budget director in both the obama and clinton administrations. he will pray a major role of course in negotiations over the debt ceiling and potential spending cuts. the president will make his announcement at 1:30 eastern. it's an event in the east room at the white house. i have to say off the bat just because he's a fo
jack lew officially nominated as treasury chief. lew is known for his role in the being acrimonious talks in 2011. what could it mean this time. >> tiffany disappoints again with weaker holiday sales. there was weakness in the americas, strength in asia. so how much of a read through to the rest of retail is this earnings report? >>> nokia shares soaring this morning after a bullish outlook for the first quarter. >>> and herbal life's big day to defend itself against...
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in his opinion there's no better person sitting in treasury to tackle that than jack lew. >> i do want to point out one thing as we talk about diversity, and we had jen saki on the show yesterday. she said while the president has a very diverse -- >> a woman who works for president obama. >> and she made the point that we have a pipeline problem. if you actually look at sort of where women are at -- we did a little researching as we are want to do on this television program -- 50% -- 50.8% of the country is female, but they're only 18.9% of congress is female. that's up. that's still 19% basically. only 4.2% of fortune 1,000 ceos, rona, are women. when we talk about why are the women who are there -- why is the word deputy in front of their names? it's because in top level positions, i mean, you still have a problem in this country and around the world with women in leadership positions. >> it's interesting. the ceo numbers are particularly striking, and i think that that represents the fact that there just has not been enough culture shift in corporate america. i mean, women's roles a
in his opinion there's no better person sitting in treasury to tackle that than jack lew. >> i do want to point out one thing as we talk about diversity, and we had jen saki on the show yesterday. she said while the president has a very diverse -- >> a woman who works for president obama. >> and she made the point that we have a pipeline problem. if you actually look at sort of where women are at -- we did a little researching as we are want to do on this television program --...
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i don't think jack lew brings that to the table. whether or not the other attributes he has make up for that we'll have to wait and see. >> i was going to ask you if you didn't end your report with that, i was going to ask you to say what you just said, what you said to me off camera -- and i'll tell you, when you said it, i'll tell you what struck me. sometimes i think you're implying that if the administration needs to sell something to maybe the private sector, it helps to say, you know, geithner's for it. or it helps to say paulson was for it. it helps to say robert reuben is for this. and in this case they won't necessarily be able to make that. but they don't -- see where i disagree with you, i don't think they care that they don't sell it. they don't need to sell it. >> i don't care if they care. they should care. it does matter. we are entering really interesting times when it comes to a need to rethink our corporate tax system, rethink our individual tax system. rethink entitlements. all of these things. it would have been,
i don't think jack lew brings that to the table. whether or not the other attributes he has make up for that we'll have to wait and see. >> i was going to ask you if you didn't end your report with that, i was going to ask you to say what you just said, what you said to me off camera -- and i'll tell you, when you said it, i'll tell you what struck me. sometimes i think you're implying that if the administration needs to sell something to maybe the private sector, it helps to say, you...
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> > lukewarm on the jack lew nomination. they're not really that thrilled. > other than lew's poor penmanship, how well will lew's no-drama approach play out in the upcoming debt ceiling talks? > > in the debt ceiling talks it is going to be interesting. other than the no drama, he has got a history of being confrontational with republicans, and that is going to be difficult because that is who he's got to deal with. > didn't he once work on wall street? > > briefly at citibank for a couple of years around the time of the financial crisis. > do you think the republicans will go along with his nomination? > > i think at the end of the day he will probably get the nomination, but it won't be without a lot of skepticism and a lot of thought about whether or not they could have found a better person. > jim bianco, good to talk to you today. > > thank you. google's executive chairman ended his trip to north korea by endorsing the internet. eric schmidt told reporters this week that the country risks falling out of touch because o
> > lukewarm on the jack lew nomination. they're not really that thrilled. > other than lew's poor penmanship, how well will lew's no-drama approach play out in the upcoming debt ceiling talks? > > in the debt ceiling talks it is going to be interesting. other than the no drama, he has got a history of being confrontational with republicans, and that is going to be difficult because that is who he's got to deal with. > didn't he once work on wall street? > > briefly at...
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jack lew understands budgets. the fact of the matter is, this is a guy that can speak the right language when the biggest crisis in washington right now is the fact that there's an absence of a budget. >> okay. so, ali, that's a great point. when i heard you talk about this before it was the one thing that you said that i kind of disagreed with. look, we have a fiscal crisis on our hands, we have a debt crisis. if you look at his performance in the last few years in terms of running the budget office and being the chief of staff for the president, the debt crisis has gotten much worse. i don't look at that reference and say, gee, this is a guy who is really going to fix the problem and i do think what we need in washington is he's been in washington in and out of government for 25 years and i guess my philosophy is, why not bring in some new faces, granted they are going to have the president's philosophy but maybe looking at new approaches to bringing this enormous debt down. >> steve, do you remember his record
jack lew understands budgets. the fact of the matter is, this is a guy that can speak the right language when the biggest crisis in washington right now is the fact that there's an absence of a budget. >> okay. so, ali, that's a great point. when i heard you talk about this before it was the one thing that you said that i kind of disagreed with. look, we have a fiscal crisis on our hands, we have a debt crisis. if you look at his performance in the last few years in terms of running the...
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president nominated jack lew as the treasury secretary. it has been met with vigorous opposition by some on capitol hill. we'll have report and analysis from brit hume. 14 died in boston and 18 in state of massachusetts as the nationwide flu outbreak continues. we have a live report. "special report" starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york and my colleagues with "the five." ♪ ♪ >> eric: welcome back. i've been asking the question is american culture in declin decline. first up, scott thompson, english teacher is accused of pulling the flag off the wall and stomping on it in front of students feoffment speech or is american culture in decline. bob, taking the flag off the wall, stomping on it in front of kids? >> bob: it's terrible. i think there are laws against defacing a flag. not sure that he is not in that territory. to do it in front of kids, i'm not sure what the point was. he said it's cloth. it's more than cloth. represents a lot of thing. >> kimberly: fire him. this is outrageous. i would be so angry i would literally pro
president nominated jack lew as the treasury secretary. it has been met with vigorous opposition by some on capitol hill. we'll have report and analysis from brit hume. 14 died in boston and 18 in state of massachusetts as the nationwide flu outbreak continues. we have a live report. "special report" starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york and my colleagues with "the five." ♪ ♪ >> eric: welcome back. i've been asking the question is american culture in declin...
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i think jack lew is going to be the same. what was interesting is the geithner treasury has not been especially public treasury, but the idea with jack lew, it will be even less public than that. >> good point. lew not a friend of the camera, as even the president suggested in that presser yesterday. >> exactly. >> thanks a lot, steve lies plan. >> planes, trains and automobiles, dow transports rising, hitting the third consecutive interday high. big names like goldman getting more bullish on the sector. is a run-up almost over? we're talking tranies a little later on. robert frank is coming to the post for the million-dollar minute. >> melissa, i've got the hottest new toy for billionaires. and why this toy made some big news this week. that's coming up on "squawk on [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at
i think jack lew is going to be the same. what was interesting is the geithner treasury has not been especially public treasury, but the idea with jack lew, it will be even less public than that. >> good point. lew not a friend of the camera, as even the president suggested in that presser yesterday. >> exactly. >> thanks a lot, steve lies plan. >> planes, trains and automobiles, dow transports rising, hitting the third consecutive interday high. big names like goldman...
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the white house chief of staff jack lew is the front runner now to succeed him. >> secretary of state clinton is ready to get back to work after three days in a hospital. her spokesman says she will be back on the job next week. she was treated for blood clot she suffered on sunday that stemmed from a concussion and she suffered a last month when she fell. >> the house and senate will convene a joint session of congress today and to count electoral ballots from the presidential election. a federal judge in california rejected a challenge by birthers in their latest attempt to overturn the presidency of president obama. the judge rejected a request to allow a florida man to testify about alleged inconsistencies and the typeface on the birth certificate? that the president released. the presidential inaugural committee has launched an online store. a retail store will open later this month at 1165 f street in northwest. they offer official member billion including mugs, t- shirts, blankets. for a link to the online store wjla.com. along approach between the federal trade commission and
the white house chief of staff jack lew is the front runner now to succeed him. >> secretary of state clinton is ready to get back to work after three days in a hospital. her spokesman says she will be back on the job next week. she was treated for blood clot she suffered on sunday that stemmed from a concussion and she suffered a last month when she fell. >> the house and senate will convene a joint session of congress today and to count electoral ballots from the presidential...
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perhaps the best clues for that are in an op-ed from two years ago from jack lew. inis entitled "the easy cuts are behind us." the piece absolutely advocates getting out of our debt and getting the debt and deficit under control. but it does so by discussing some cuts in defense and then examples of scaling back things like something called the great lakes restoration initiative. not eliminating it, just cutting it by maybe a quarter of its present cost. a sav
perhaps the best clues for that are in an op-ed from two years ago from jack lew. inis entitled "the easy cuts are behind us." the piece absolutely advocates getting out of our debt and getting the debt and deficit under control. but it does so by discussing some cuts in defense and then examples of scaling back things like something called the great lakes restoration initiative. not eliminating it, just cutting it by maybe a quarter of its present cost. a sav
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i believe in the end jack lew will get confirmed. but i'll tell you this, the reason the white house put off the announcement of jack lew until tomorrow is because of the fiscal cliff. they didn't want it to get involved in the negotiations for the fiscal cliff. they felt that they already had a fight on their hands. they didn't want to add any fuel to the fire on that, which is why they've held off of the nomination until this week. they do expect him to get confirmed and so do i. >> john kerry, secretary of state. we've got a lot of white males, shall we say, chuck hagel, we have pictures up there. jack lew, eric holder is over at the justice department. he's not a white male. he's an african-american. but no women. >> men. men. >> i want to put up another picture of the seen yr staff, if you will. there you you he sue the staff. there's been mur muring that there's not enough women part of this white house, the inner circle. what are folks saying about that? >> the visual you just showed with the four cabinet members being men, th
i believe in the end jack lew will get confirmed. but i'll tell you this, the reason the white house put off the announcement of jack lew until tomorrow is because of the fiscal cliff. they didn't want it to get involved in the negotiations for the fiscal cliff. they felt that they already had a fight on their hands. they didn't want to add any fuel to the fire on that, which is why they've held off of the nomination until this week. they do expect him to get confirmed and so do i. >>...
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that's now i knew about jack lew at the top of the list. same with these guys. they are lobbyists, talking directly to the white house. this is the short list that's being, you know, compiled right nor, and it looks like it's summers for the fed chairman or this guy, ferguson, and, by the way, it's early. names could change. this is what i have now, but my name list, my lists have been good. melissa: excellent. what else is excellent is the news on her ball life. >> there's a meeting, and herbal life, and calls is a pyramid scheme saying it's a company that should go to zero. upon city, whatever it is, it's bad. thinks it should be zero. the company is fighting back. they hired david boyce, a high profile attorney. they will have a meeting, and where's the investment? they are keeping it secret because of the press. the meetings' at the four seasons hotel at 50 and 57, i drink there regularly. this will be in the morning. by the way, great bar. melissa: that's the place to see to be seen. >> i thought you said cnbc. >> no, see and be seen, the place to go. >> no
that's now i knew about jack lew at the top of the list. same with these guys. they are lobbyists, talking directly to the white house. this is the short list that's being, you know, compiled right nor, and it looks like it's summers for the fed chairman or this guy, ferguson, and, by the way, it's early. names could change. this is what i have now, but my name list, my lists have been good. melissa: excellent. what else is excellent is the news on her ball life. >> there's a meeting, and...
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lew today as the next secretary of the treasury. he is a federal budget expert who is known as a tough bargainerring. if confirmed he takes the job as the administration is preparing for a new confrontation with congressional republicans over debt and deficit. he replaces geithner who is moving back to new york to be with his family. >> the stage is set for the hollywood award season. in an hour the oscar nominations are announced. expect historic based films to get a lot of attention with "argo" and "zero dark 30" and "lincoln" and daniel day lewis will get surely another nomination and jennifer lawrence is also up. keep it here for the oscar nominations coming up after 5:30 like here on the abc7 morning news. we will stream the announcement like at abc7news.com and you can see would wins on sunday, february 24 when the oscars are announced like right here on abc7. seth mcfarland is the host. >> any favorites? >> i like them all. >> so diplomatic. >> mike nicco is not wrong this morning checking out the showers he predicted. no sho
lew today as the next secretary of the treasury. he is a federal budget expert who is known as a tough bargainerring. if confirmed he takes the job as the administration is preparing for a new confrontation with congressional republicans over debt and deficit. he replaces geithner who is moving back to new york to be with his family. >> the stage is set for the hollywood award season. in an hour the oscar nominations are announced. expect historic based films to get a lot of attention...
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jack lew makes sense at treasury. it made sense to replace peter orszag, gene spurling and then austin goolsby with allen krueger. you have to wonder, can it really be the case that this white house, after four very difficult years in which people are very tired, in which they're very burnt out, in which they've been worn down by endless battles with the republicans, and in which the sort of natural dynamics of group thinking in a tightly knit administration have taken over, can it really be the case if they can benefit from bringing in new people with new voices and new experiences and a fresh perspective? a lot of people i talk to, some of them former members of the administration, think at this point that it is a big problem, that at this point the president needs to get out of his comfort zone in some of these appointments particularly on the economics side and bring in folks with a new perspective. yet that's balanced by the fact that they don't think jack lew is a bad guy or going to be a bad treasury secretary,
jack lew makes sense at treasury. it made sense to replace peter orszag, gene spurling and then austin goolsby with allen krueger. you have to wonder, can it really be the case that this white house, after four very difficult years in which people are very tired, in which they're very burnt out, in which they've been worn down by endless battles with the republicans, and in which the sort of natural dynamics of group thinking in a tightly knit administration have taken over, can it really be...
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jack lew will sail through. brennan i think will get a few questions, but i suspect will get through. hagel will be the interesting fight. >> on the gun control issue, the nra has come out with a statement, i won't say condemning, that's a strong word, but coming out against the administration here. you will be talking about it. it seems to me, we talked with senator tim kaine from virginia, and is a volatile issue in our country. but you'll be talking whether leeway can be made. >> that's right. two things are coming out. joe biden has been having this task force, he met with the nra yesterday. he's met with gun right supporters, pro gun control people. and he's going to come out on tuesday with his proposals. some of it will be executive action. that's only on the margins. there are a few things the president can do by himself, tougher enforcement, better sharing of information for background checks. the big things like banning assault weapons or restricting the size of these magazines, high capacity magazines
jack lew will sail through. brennan i think will get a few questions, but i suspect will get through. hagel will be the interesting fight. >> on the gun control issue, the nra has come out with a statement, i won't say condemning, that's a strong word, but coming out against the administration here. you will be talking about it. it seems to me, we talked with senator tim kaine from virginia, and is a volatile issue in our country. but you'll be talking whether leeway can be made. >>...
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first president obama is just nominated jacob jack lew to be the next treasury secretary. lew has been the chief of staff and described as a consummate washington insider. he has done two stints at the office of management and budget. an old cog eel of his told me yet experience makes him the perfect choice for the job right now. >> it is described as the central nervous system and everything of consequence goes through it. it coordinates the branch for the president like the chief operating officer role. in that, jack has been exposed to every type of policy and issue and regulation. it's a huge gambit of issues and terrain that he is an expert on the depth he can bring on a number of issues, especially economic policy. >> that makes lew more than qualified to negotiate the debt debates and republicans in congress. wall street doesn't like him so much. who cares what wall street thinks. to many that makes him more palatable. the president made the right choice with tim geitner because the world was teetering on financial collapse. he knew the ins and outs of wall street a
first president obama is just nominated jacob jack lew to be the next treasury secretary. lew has been the chief of staff and described as a consummate washington insider. he has done two stints at the office of management and budget. an old cog eel of his told me yet experience makes him the perfect choice for the job right now. >> it is described as the central nervous system and everything of consequence goes through it. it coordinates the branch for the president like the chief...
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jobless claims from last week ito than the president will officially nominate jack lew for the treasury secretary to replace them geigetimothy geithner there it s low is a federal budget expert at known to be a tough part are. if confirmed by the senate, he will make take the helm of the government's main agency for economic and fiscal policy just as we deal with the u.s. reaching its borrowing limit, the debt ceiling. some republicans complained that lew has been too unyielding in past fiscal negotiations. a big news regarding the new mortgage rosebay propose apparently stemmed died near practices signature for weeks. >> you can't do wilodle >> the consumer financial protection bureau has rolled out new rules designed to ensure that mortgage borrowers could afford to repay the loans they take out. according to the rules, which take effect next year lenders will be required to verify it is bad borrowers financial records. no more no doc loans. they will be prohibited from selling girls with loan payments telling more than 43 percent of the person's annual gross income. it is only loans
jobless claims from last week ito than the president will officially nominate jack lew for the treasury secretary to replace them geigetimothy geithner there it s low is a federal budget expert at known to be a tough part are. if confirmed by the senate, he will make take the helm of the government's main agency for economic and fiscal policy just as we deal with the u.s. reaching its borrowing limit, the debt ceiling. some republicans complained that lew has been too unyielding in past fiscal...
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current chief of staff jack lew there on the left is now his nominee to be treasury secretary. his duties will include budget and tax policy as well as management of the debt. and the congressional black caucus is supporting oakland congresswoman barbara lee to take over the job as labor secretary. hilda solis announced she was leaving the post on wednesday. the 66-year-old lee has been serving the east bay in congress since 1998. >> in the south bay, student activists got high level exposure today when they met with a congressional leader over immigration reform. members of the group student advocates for higher education met with congresswoman zoe lofgren at her san jose office today, the minority chair of the house subcommittee on immigration. when lost gren was asked if meaningful immigration reform will happen this year, she suggested it's up to her republican counterparts. >> do they want to join with democrats and do top to bottom immigration reform or not? i can't make them do that. but if they care about the ture of their party, they'll make a decision to join with dem
current chief of staff jack lew there on the left is now his nominee to be treasury secretary. his duties will include budget and tax policy as well as management of the debt. and the congressional black caucus is supporting oakland congresswoman barbara lee to take over the job as labor secretary. hilda solis announced she was leaving the post on wednesday. the 66-year-old lee has been serving the east bay in congress since 1998. >> in the south bay, student activists got high level...
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>> let's do jack lew in a citi payout. >> president obama has nominated jack lew to replace tim get near, and criticism's already begun to resurface over lew's work at citigroup. according to his financial statement, he received $944,000. alex, did we mess up on the comma? was that $94,000? >> no, the decimal's in the right place. >> the decimal's in the right place, okay. so he received $944,518 from citigroup in 208. citi received, of course, a $45 billion federal bailout that same year. and, you know, i would be so nervous endorsing that check from a bailout company, my squiggles would be a straight line there. right there. he put that on the back of some check and got a cool million dollars. >> mm-hmm. >> the president described his move from chief of staff to treasury as bittersweet but insisted the loss will be the nation's gain. >> over the years, he's built a reputation as a master of policy who can work with members of both parties and forge principled compromises. jack has my complete trust. i know i'm not alone in that. in the words of one former senator, having lew on your te
>> let's do jack lew in a citi payout. >> president obama has nominated jack lew to replace tim get near, and criticism's already begun to resurface over lew's work at citigroup. according to his financial statement, he received $944,000. alex, did we mess up on the comma? was that $94,000? >> no, the decimal's in the right place. >> the decimal's in the right place, okay. so he received $944,518 from citigroup in 208. citi received, of course, a $45 billion federal...
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president obama set to nominate jack lew for treasury secretary today, so is this signature coming to a dollar bill near you today? january 10th, 2013. >>> good morning, welcome to "today" on this thursday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm in more matt this morning. this case is pretty serious. nine states, health officials reporting a real problem in massachusetts. >> that's right. at least 18 flu related deaths so far. 700 confirmed cases in boston alone. hospitals are overrun with people complaining with flu-like symptoms coast-to-coast. we'll get the latest in a report straight ahead. and carl, after confess iing to all of us, only matt received his flu shot. we're going to do something. we're going to get a flu shot. >> i'm already thinking which arm to roll up. >> roll up that sleeve. i wore short sleeves on purpose. >>> joe biden comes face to face with members of the nra today. at the white house with details. >>> surprising punishments of some distracted drivers involved in deadly crashes are now getting, why are some of these sentences just so light. >> savannah, as you
president obama set to nominate jack lew for treasury secretary today, so is this signature coming to a dollar bill near you today? january 10th, 2013. >>> good morning, welcome to "today" on this thursday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm in more matt this morning. this case is pretty serious. nine states, health officials reporting a real problem in massachusetts. >> that's right. at least 18 flu related deaths so far. 700 confirmed cases in boston alone....
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we'll talk to you about if you're feelings of jack lew in a moment. on the deal that we did. you see everybody's taken the zeros off of what we owe and everybody's seen that now. i guess we're making $23,000 a year, we're spending $38,000. so we're adding $16,000 to our credit card bill every year. and we already owe $160,000 on our credit card bill. and the fiscal cliff deal cut $38 off of our expenses or something when you take everything off. is that -- >> actually worse than that. >> how can it be worse? >> actually our cliff bill was an absolute embarrassment to the united states of america. let me clarify. if we had gone over the cliff, it would have been an "f." and a total failure of our system. but when you analyze the bill, it was an "f" on spending. we actually increased spending. we didn't reduce 13e7bding. we increased spending. >> all the democrats tell me that there was already a trillion dollars of spending cuts that -- i didn't -- >> that was from august 2011. okay, but what i'm saying is, if you just look at this bill in isolation, it increased spending. it
we'll talk to you about if you're feelings of jack lew in a moment. on the deal that we did. you see everybody's taken the zeros off of what we owe and everybody's seen that now. i guess we're making $23,000 a year, we're spending $38,000. so we're adding $16,000 to our credit card bill every year. and we already owe $160,000 on our credit card bill. and the fiscal cliff deal cut $38 off of our expenses or something when you take everything off. is that -- >> actually worse than that....
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that's jack lew's signature on the left and right. >> steve: how can you tell them apart? >> alisyn: you can't. >> eric: the scary part is if he would become secretary, he would be signing the dollar bills a lot of zeros there. a lot of debt. >> steve: it looks like a lot of zeros in his signature. that's how it would mock up if he is confirmed. >> eric: he needs six more zeros. >> steve: my wife said look at jack lew's signature that, is a good reason they need to keep cursive in the school. she told me that. this morning, did you realize that there are a number of states where they no longer teach cursive in the schools, since back in 2011, in the state of indiana, they just got rid of it. no more cursive because everybody is doing keyboarding and things like that. but unfortunately, for instance, there is now a move afoot in indiana to bring cursive back to the schools. because apparently kids simply can't read cursive. in fact, one teacher said -- told one of the newspapers in indiana that she had written some thank you cards to some of her students for the christmas g
that's jack lew's signature on the left and right. >> steve: how can you tell them apart? >> alisyn: you can't. >> eric: the scary part is if he would become secretary, he would be signing the dollar bills a lot of zeros there. a lot of debt. >> steve: it looks like a lot of zeros in his signature. that's how it would mock up if he is confirmed. >> eric: he needs six more zeros. >> steve: my wife said look at jack lew's signature that, is a good reason they...
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today you came up against the president's nominee for treasury secretary jack lew. why did you do that? >> well, jack is a decent guy. he's a smart guy. he's been in public service for a long time. but frankly, i am really tired of the president, and i support the president, continuing to appoint folks who come from wall street. we need people at the -- in the treasury department, secretary of treasury, who are going to have the guts to stand up to wall street. to ask why we are not, for example, breaking up the six largest financial institutions, ed, that have assets equivalent to 2/3 of the gdp of the united states. to ask questions about how we got into this recession in the first place, which has everything to do with the greed and recklessness and illegal behavior on wall street. to ask why it is there are people watching the show paying 25% interest rates on their credit cards. those are my concerns. we need somebody at the department of treasury who's going to have the guts to take on wall street and not simply come from wall street. >> senator, great to have
today you came up against the president's nominee for treasury secretary jack lew. why did you do that? >> well, jack is a decent guy. he's a smart guy. he's been in public service for a long time. but frankly, i am really tired of the president, and i support the president, continuing to appoint folks who come from wall street. we need people at the -- in the treasury department, secretary of treasury, who are going to have the guts to stand up to wall street. to ask why we are not, for...
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today, he announces his in tent to nominate jack lew for treasury secretary to replace geithner. and secretary hilda solis is resigning, the first latino to run a major u.s. federal agency. >>> and trying to find out what caused a crowded high speed commuter ferry to crash into a dock wednesday in lower manhattan. about 70 people were injured in the accident. it recently got new engines and a new propulsion system but investigators don't know if an overhaul was a factor in the crash. >>> banning risky mortgages and restrict teaser rates that go upward and cap a percentage of a borrower's income that could go towards loan payments and will take effect next year. >>> oscar nominations, nominated for best picture, beasts of the southern wild. "silver linings playbook," "zero dark 30," "lincoln," "les miserables," "life of pi," "amour," "django unchained" and "argo." "lincoln" leading the pack with the most nominations with 12. the oscars will be awarded february 24th. >>> some incredible online video of the ultimate moonwalk. video of a man walking on a tightrope in front of the moo
today, he announces his in tent to nominate jack lew for treasury secretary to replace geithner. and secretary hilda solis is resigning, the first latino to run a major u.s. federal agency. >>> and trying to find out what caused a crowded high speed commuter ferry to crash into a dock wednesday in lower manhattan. about 70 people were injured in the accident. it recently got new engines and a new propulsion system but investigators don't know if an overhaul was a factor in the crash....
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jack lew who is the current chief of staff at the white house, is on the list for that job. and then finally the cia, john brennan, the president's adviser for homeland security, is on the short list, michael morell who is the acting director of the cia also on the list. so, the president has some important key positions to fill, and, again, we expect that that could start rolling out as early as next week, ashleigh. >> okay, dan. i hope you get some sunshine while you're there at least a little bit. dan lothian live for us. >> reporter: i hope so, too. >> in hawaii. it's a good assignment, you got to admit. >>> i want to take everybody to the big board, this is cold new york, and the dow is reading up a wee bit perhaps sense christine romans' report the dow reacted nicely, but we're at least out of negative territory albeit by just a fraction. i'll take you live to the new york stock exchange a little later on in this hour. >>> so, we've been hearing all along that former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords had made plans to visit newtown, connecticut, today. we're not
jack lew who is the current chief of staff at the white house, is on the list for that job. and then finally the cia, john brennan, the president's adviser for homeland security, is on the short list, michael morell who is the acting director of the cia also on the list. so, the president has some important key positions to fill, and, again, we expect that that could start rolling out as early as next week, ashleigh. >> okay, dan. i hope you get some sunshine while you're there at least a...
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jack lew is not that man. we heard the announcement live on c-span, and it's available to watch on c-span.org. >> if you ask how many are self-identified libertarians, those who describe themselves as libertarian, depending which poll, could be 10%-15%. if you ask questions like, if you give people a battery of questions about different ideological things, like, do you believe in x or y? you track those to different ideologies, then depending on which poll, you get up to 30% of americans calling themselves libertarians. are you economically conservative but socially liberal, over half of americans say that's what they are. now, that said, just because people say these things, doesn't mean they really believe them. if you ask americans do you want smaller government, they say yes. if you want government to spend less money, they say yes. but if ask them to make cuts, they don't want to cut anything. it's not clear if they really believe in it. best on the data i have in writing the book, i say roughly somewhere
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lew will replace treasury secretary timothy geithner . obama will only begin insiders steeped in budget matters but also a tough bargainer. >> some gop lawmakers at complained that he has been unyielding in past fiscal negotiations. >> secretary of labor held up solis is stepping down from a post she sent a letter to our colleagues yesterday of their resignation. >> and it shows, she get knows as of reasons why. she called the decision to resign one the most difficult decisions yet to make. >> president obama released a statement calling her chevy for working families and committing our workload that years. >> i want to congratulate today's nominees and also congratulate those were not nominated you stop during interviews were you continue at such a great time making the movie. >> (laughter) >> says there's nothing creek you're the guy standing in hollywood by himself at 5 in the morning here is it was stone. >> (cheers and applause) --emma stone. >> thank you set. >> she is the star of the new films ganstaer squad. >> she is star of the
lew will replace treasury secretary timothy geithner . obama will only begin insiders steeped in budget matters but also a tough bargainer. >> some gop lawmakers at complained that he has been unyielding in past fiscal negotiations. >> secretary of labor held up solis is stepping down from a post she sent a letter to our colleagues yesterday of their resignation. >> and it shows, she get knows as of reasons why. she called the decision to resign one the most difficult...
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a source familiar with the process tells fox the reason is jack lew has that the president cited decided a major budget fis with republicans on the debt ceiling and recently somewhat perverted fiscal cliff, also budget director under president bill clinton and obama known as someone with a very deep knowledge of budgeting. before joining the obama administration, he was a chief f operating officer at the citigroup alternative investments unit reported lost money to do that, although it earned profits from betting against the subprime mortgage market and will be if the fed to confirm him in one predicts very contentious process. >> it is a bumpy confirmation process. many people have no secure treasury will tell them the truth both of financial conditions of this country and lay out a plan that can be analyzed and studied it will hold up under scrutiny. they haven't done that from the white house yet. he has had a failure to lead. speaking of the republican complaint, difficult to work with during 2011 debt ceiling debate, probably a plus for the president. i do. cheryl: probably why he d
a source familiar with the process tells fox the reason is jack lew has that the president cited decided a major budget fis with republicans on the debt ceiling and recently somewhat perverted fiscal cliff, also budget director under president bill clinton and obama known as someone with a very deep knowledge of budgeting. before joining the obama administration, he was a chief f operating officer at the citigroup alternative investments unit reported lost money to do that, although it earned...
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jack lew would replace timothy geithner if confirmed. prior to this role he was the direct are to you of office of management and budget. before that lew was the first deputy secretary of state and management resources. martha: washington is still reeling from the president's nomination of chuck hagel as the next secretary of defense. new hampshire senator kelly ayotte, one of a chorus of critics slamming the former nebraska senator. she says this. while i deeply respect senator hagel's service in vietnam i'm concerned by several boxes he took as senator, longstanding opposition to increase iran sanctions and his regarding hezbollah and hamas as well as our close al eye israel. senator hagel has one big fan, he has a lot of fans. this one is raising eyebrows the rogue nation of iran. a foreign ministry spokesman calls the nomination, a sign of quote, practical change to american foreign policy. he predicts that if hague bell is appointed relations between the united states and iran will improve. israel is striking a different tone. they
jack lew would replace timothy geithner if confirmed. prior to this role he was the direct are to you of office of management and budget. before that lew was the first deputy secretary of state and management resources. martha: washington is still reeling from the president's nomination of chuck hagel as the next secretary of defense. new hampshire senator kelly ayotte, one of a chorus of critics slamming the former nebraska senator. she says this. while i deeply respect senator hagel's service...
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lew to be treasury secretary. current treasury secretary timothy geither is expected to leave his position at the end of the month. the nomination could come as soon as thursday. >> the dow was just crossing the 13,400 mark and we will be back i200 and and two minutes. look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't have back problems. you kids have got it too good if you ask me. [ male announcer ] now u-verse high speed internet has more speed options, reliability and ways to connect. rethink possible. avoid bad.fats. don't go over 2000... 1200 calories a day. carbs are bad. carbs are good. the story keeps changing. so i'm not listening... to anyone but myself. i kn
lew to be treasury secretary. current treasury secretary timothy geither is expected to leave his position at the end of the month. the nomination could come as soon as thursday. >> the dow was just crossing the 13,400 mark and we will be back i200 and and two minutes. look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song....
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lew to treasury secretary shows president obama has no intention following through on cuts. here is charles krauthamer on this last night. >> he is not interested in spending cuts. he is not interested in reform. he wants to defend the entitlement state. he wants to defend obamacare. even add on to it. he calls it investments. of course normal people would call it spending. and lew is the guy you want if you want to hold the fort what i call reactionary liberalism. you have the great achievements of the last century in building an entitlement state. he is the guy who would defend the for the. martha: great achievement in building entitlement society. says charles krauthamer. we have marjorie clifton and braid blakeman. good to have you both of us with us. >> thank you. martha: here is the fight. and my question for you, brad, how specific, how should republicans handle this? how, you should they do a big p.r. campaign and say these are the specific things we want to cut, mr. the president and you give us good argument not to do it? >> congress should do what congress is char
lew to treasury secretary shows president obama has no intention following through on cuts. here is charles krauthamer on this last night. >> he is not interested in spending cuts. he is not interested in reform. he wants to defend the entitlement state. he wants to defend obamacare. even add on to it. he calls it investments. of course normal people would call it spending. and lew is the guy you want if you want to hold the fort what i call reactionary liberalism. you have the great...